Garment-supporter



M. AND O. OLSON.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

mwucmum FILED MAY 13. 1920.

1,370,606, Patented Mar. 8, 1921.

ATTORNEY PATENT OFFICE.

MAURITZ OLSON AND OSCAR OLSON, OF BRIDGEIPORT, CONNECTICUT.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Application filed May 13, 1920.

. clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains, to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to an improvement in garment supporters oi the button and attaching bar loop type, and it consists 1n forming the supporter of a single piece of wire having one or more coils formed in the body thereof, the uncoiled sections of the wire adapted to form the loops whose offset ends are housed within the coils.

Referring to the accompanying drawings wherein the same figures and letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 represents the initial operation in forming the supporter loops.

Fig. 2 is a side view of a finished supporter loop.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a finished loop, and

Fig. 4 is a View of a modified loop construction.

lVhile the improved supporter could be made by hand with the aid of a few simple tools, it would be preferable to employ an automatic machine wherein the several op erations are automatically performed without hand labor.

In constructing the supporter, the coils 1 are first formed in the body of a wire section and the offsets 2, 3, may also be formed at the free ends of the arms 1-, 5, projecting in opposite directions from the coils. The size and location of the coils in the wire section will determine the size of the attaching bar loop 6 and the button loop 7. These arms are brought aroundsee dotted line Fig. luntil their offset ends 2, 3, are in line with the axis of the coils and at opposite ends thereof. These ofi'set ends are then forced within the coils in the direction indicated by arrows a, b, and when thus located, sufiicient pressure may, if desired, be brought against opposite sides of the coils- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 8, 1921.

Serial No. 381,031.

see arrows a, (Z, to grip these ofi'set ends while the arms l, 5, are being shaped to form the attaching bar loop 6 for tape or webbing, and the button loop 7. However, it is not necessary to offset the ends of the .arms previous to forming the loops, as housing the free ends of the arms and shaping the loops could be done at the same time, and when the loops are properly shaped, the housed ends of the arms will be more or less offset.

The device shown in Fig. 4 is particularly for tape or webbing. The only difference being in the shape or" the loops 6 and 7.

he coils 1 offset ends 2 and 3 are practically the same as shown in Fig. 3.

Forming coils in the body of a wire section, and the loops on opposite sides of the coils, with the free ends of the wire housed within the coils, form a simple, strong and economical construction that can readily be made in an automatic machine.

Having thus described our invention What we claim as new and novel is 1. A garment supporter of the type set forth "formed of a single piece of wire having a series of coils disposed between its ends, the ends extending respectively above and below the coils and formed into loops and the free extremities of the ends being disposed axially of the coils and extending respectively inwardly and directly into opposite ends of the series of coils so as to be housed and protected thereby.

2. A garment supporter of the type set forth formed of a single piece of wire having a series of coils disposed between its ends, the ends extending respectively above and below the coils and formed into loops and provided with ofi'set free extremities forming shoulders, the free extremities being disposed axially of the coils and extending respectively inwardly and directly into opposite ends of the series of coils so as to be housed and protected thereby and the shoulders directly engaging the respective ends of the series of coils to restri t inward movement of the free extremities into the coils.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

MAURITZ OLSON. OSCAR OLSON. 

